Friday, March 9, 2012

Hi guys! St. Patrick's Day is only a week away and the last few years I've been wanting to do a green St. Patty's Day tutorial. I've always said that green and purple are the easiest colors to introduce into your daily eyeshadow routine but somehow the day slipped by in the past. Not this year!

Since I already did a very vibrant look using green in my Turquatic Inspired Look, I decided to do something a little bit different. One of my favorite ways to wear eyeshadow lately has been to do a smudgey winged line so I thought I would translate that into a vibrant kelly green befitting the holiday.

See the video (with a cameo by Cherry, my chihuahua) and more photos below!

You can see here that although there is bold color used, this is a quite wearable look since the green doesn't go up high on the eyelid. I'm a perpetual sucker for winged eyeliner as well. After seeing Academy Awards red carpet pics, I'm convinced that winged eyeliner is a trend that is sticking around for a while.

With eyes closed you can see the strips of colors lightly blended from black to green to the golden-olive shimmer. Also, the wing of the shadow is a visual mirror image to the shape of my eyebrows. The juicy peach lips and cheeks balances the warmer tones of the golden lid.

One warning I will say though is to make sure you exfoliate your lips well before trying out milky orange shades! This lipstick (and other milky lipsticks I've tried in general) really brings out any dry flakes, wrinkles, and imperfections. Still, the final look is definitely worth it! I'm all about peach lips for Spring!

And one last winky photo for silly times. :)

Remember that you can translate this into any other bright shade you would like. I could see it being especially pretty in purple or turquoise, while navy blue would be a sexy twist for going out. If you try it out, please let me know or share it on the From Head To Toe Facebook page. :)

Let me know what other looks you'd like to see in the comments. Happy weekend!

This looks lovely, def trying it out for St. Pattys! Also I love love love your cartilage ring, could you maybe tweet or take a closer picture of it and tell us where you got it? I've been looking for a new earring for ages and this is so great =)

your videos are great! Now I can trim my eyebrows thanks to your video!Anyway, would love to ask which one should I buy- urban Decay eye primer in vintage bottle or the new package? They are having sale and would love to grab the chance. Thanks!

I curled it! Usually if I just let it air dry, it turns into very loose waves but these tighter waves are with my Remington Air Wave dryer... It's now called the 3-in-1. I have a post on it here: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.frmheadtotoe.com/2010/07/natural-beachy-olsen-waves-remington.html&sa=U&ei=JU5cT86MFNSftwf-j-2FDA&ved=0CAQQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNGHe3TpveNpZrYWUP1z43GgAn-WGw

Love this, it's so simple and so wearable and not at all over the top! I have a girlfriend's wedding coming up in the fall and her color themes are blue and green and she had requested all the bridesmaids find a green eye look and this is perfect! Thanks so much for the tutorial! <3

I've been loving DHC cleansing oil! It gets rid of everything! Just put it on dry skin, massage in, add water to emulsify, then wash off. I follow that with my normal cleanser and it leaves my face squeaky clean. :)

I was wondering if you have ever tried e.l.f. makeup or brushes. I've heard good things but the prices seem too good to be true. I've seen them at Target and they have a better selection online. Just wondering... And Cherry is so cute!

Honestly, I haven't tried a ton of their stuff but the brushes that I tried I wasn't impressed with... I'm not a brush snob by any means but maybe I got a dud scratchy brush! If you want to go drugstore I recommend Sonia Kashuk instead. As for makeup, I haven't tried it so I can't say either way but I've heard some good things too. :)

Stella, I've heard Elf's HD powder is great but you do get a tiny amount for such a small container. My MUFE HD dupe is 100% silica powder from TKB Trading. It comes in a baggy which you can depot into a loose powder container. I think MUFE HD is overpriced for sure so if you want to refill your ELF, get the loose powder from TKB!

Nice choice of colors! Green pops without making it looks scary.... ^_^ Thanks for another great tutorial! This is actually my first time commenting, but my friends and I are big fans!Much luv from Los Angeles! ♥♥♥

Hi there, I'm glad I came across your blog. Your makeup tips are so helpful! I'm confused about one thing...pigmented lips. I'd consider yours to be neutral, not too pink or red. I think my natural lip colour is neutral. Some lipsticks show up true to colour on me except for some nudes, peaches and pale pink. For example I tried Nars Barberella (warm peach pink) and loved the colour in the tube but once on I looked weird. Almost washed me out. I'm NC25-30 in Mac and light in Stila.

I consider myself to have pigmented lips, although to do change colors sometimes. Having neutral lips doesn't necessarily mean lipsticks show true-to-color (that usually depends on the amount of the pigment in the lipstick itself) but any lipstick will be affected by your own coloring.

Since my lips are pigmented, some medium pinks look milky or nude on me while milky pink lipsticks just look awful! Since my skin color runs warm/yellow undertone, I can pull off peaches and oranges better than those with a pink undertone since the colors don't clash.

Hi Jen, The peachy lipstick looks so yummy on you! Seeing the product on you revived my love of peachy lips and blush that I pointed out to my aunt from an ad in the metro while I was in HK. My aunt supplied me with my first makeup items that I still have years later and was overjoyed to teach me anything about choosing and applying makeup that would flatter me. My collection hasn't grown much since then because I only wear makeup for dance, but I was wondering whether I could pull off a color similar to Holika Holika's Sweet Coral. I think my aunt told me that I might not be fair enough to pull off peach, so she bought me a bright pink blush. For reference, my natural lip color is very close to DHC Lip Creation C-PK01. Are any of the Revlon Lip Butters close to the Sweet Coral? Your review made me very curious about them. Thanks!